![]() “Becoming more mindful about clothing means looking at every fiber and every seed and every dye and seeing how to make it better,” Fisher told Women’s Wear Daily. Fisher intends to use the award as a means to recognize the next generation of designers who are committed to sustainable design practices. In 2014, the program awarded $125,000 in grants to several lucky female entrepreneurs.Īnd just this month, Fisher announced a partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to create the new Eileen Fisher Social Innovator Award. The program seeks applicants from 100 percent women-owned businesses that are founded on the principles of social consciousness, sustainability and innovation, and are ready to move to the next phase of development. For example, Fisher recently teamed with for the “In Her Company” campaign, which recognizes 30 up-and-coming businesses led by female entrepreneurs.įurthermore, the Eileen Fisher Women-Owned Business Grant Program is celebrating its 10th year. It’s meaningful because we get to hear a lot of voices, check out a lot of ideas, and then you want people to take charge and move forward with things.”Īnother reason we love Eileen Fisher? She’s an ardent advocate for other female entrepreneurs. They’ll listen to everybody and then pull away, and the small team will make a decision. She continued: “We’ll have a collaborative team and then three on the deciding part of the team. It isn’t me coming in with an idea and saying, ‘We’ve got to do it this way.’ It’s more like people really working together, listening to each other, co-creating.” In a recent Bizwomen article, she explained, “this whole collaborative thing is really important. If we can still make a good profit - we might make a little less, we don’t know yet - but I believe it can work.”įisher also swears by collaborative leadership. In addition, “we have no meetings on Monday before 10 a.m. To restore more balance to her company, Fisher has implemented a no-email rule on weekends. ![]() “There are good things about blurring the lines between work and how we live, but it’s also good for us to have some pause time, to be with your kids and ride a bike or something.” “There are limited resources,” she told Fast Company, referring both to environmental factors and her human workforce. ![]() So how do we relook at the company? If selling more means creating more stress for ourselves, should we do it?”įisher’s “business as a movement” concept is squarely focused on sustainability, in all of its forms. We’ve made significant profits - records the last two years - but is this enough? Are people happy at the company? No. We want to be a great company more than we want to be a big company. “It’s disruptive a little, but we’re going deeper. “We’ve begun asking, ‘Why are we doing this?’ more often and more clearly,” Fisher said. In fact, according to a Fast Company article published last year, this philosophy is absolutely core to her business. Instead, she’s most interested in following her “business as a movement” philosophy, which is based on making sure her company has a positive influence on the world. And that’s part of the reason we love her.įor example, while Fisher is of course concerned about turning a profit for her namesake company, it’s not her main concern. Oh, and she’s so cool.įor Eileen Fisher, it’s definitely never business as usual. Why: For developing her “business as a movement” mantra, in addition to being a great supporter of female entrepreneurship. Who: Eileen Fisher, founder, president and chief creative officer of Eileen Fisher, Inc., as well as a fashion icon.
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